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Next stop in Germany was Munich for a couple of days. Accommodation was quite expensive in Munich but we luckily happened to find quite a cheap place right in the heart of Munich. Upon arriving, we saw why it was so cheap...World of Erotic and Sex World to the left, Dolly Club and Hollywood Cabaret Show to the right! As well as that, we were directly on top of a construction site, and at 7 every morning awoke to the sweet sounds of a jackhammer!
Munich was absolutely packed with people! By far the biggest and busiest city we've been to over here.
On mum and dads recommendation, we spent a day at the massive Deutches Museum. It was fantastic, so so huge! My favourite displays were the mining display, where you went underground into small, replica mines and the nautical exhibition, which had huge boats and models.
Our next day in Munich was spent at the Dachau concentration camp memorial. This was the first concentration camp established by Hitler and was in operation until the end of WWII. More than 30,000 people died here, plus many more who were transferred to other camps. It was a warm day, but still most of the day I had goose bumps. Dachau certainly wasn't as confronting as the Killing Fields in Cambodia (where you were walking over the top of mass graves where people were still buried, and each time it rained more and more clothes, teeth and bones were exposed, and were still there as you walked upon them) but it was still a place with an eerie and sad atmosphere. And photos of bodies upon bodies piled up and the totally emancipated figures of those still alive were heartbreaking. One of the memorials there simply stated Never Again - so, so true.
On a happier note, each evening in Munich we tried a different brewery and sampled the Bavarian cuisine- pork, pork and more pork!! On our last night we went to the huge Hofbrauhaus beer hall. We managed to find some space at a table with two local fellows, who entertained us for the evening! One of them, Patrick, was absolutely smashed, and quite hilarious. We chatted over a couple of 1L steins, then Patrick decided he'd show us some other Munich clubs. The first wouldn't open the door to us, the next didn't exist, and finally we ended up at the Aussie/Irish bar! On the way there we came across a group of guys. Patrick looked at us and said "want to fight them?"....ummm no!!?? Luckily instead of fighting he just jumped around with them singing the Munich football team song! Later in the evening when he was kicked out of the Irish pub and tried to pick a fight with the bouncer, I did wonder if we'd picked the best local to go out with?! But all in all a very fun night and a lot of beer consumed! Thank god for cheeseburgers, available all over the world, to help alleviate my hangovers!!
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Billy Hmmm..... what have I told you about hooking up with the locals Al? God Dachau would have been sad but I agree I cant imagine anything more haunting than the killing fields or the S21 prison with blood still staining the floor of torture rooms :o( Glad you were able to balance out the horror with good food an beer! Jealously yours! Bill xxxx Oh PS Bella and Emma say 'Miss you Al!!!!'
Cathi We had the same feeling at Dacchau - a beautiful warm day but you feel cold. On a lighter note the Hofbrauhaus beer hall still sounds the same - beer, pork and did they give you sauerkraut? yuk for sauerkraut! Keep away from dodgy locals!